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A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) + Floating Weeds (1959) [The Criterion Collection #232] [Re-UP]

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A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) + Floating Weeds (1959) [The Criterion Collection #232] [Re-UP]

A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) + Floating Weeds (1959)
Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu
2xDVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 4:3 | 01:26:15 + 01:59:09 | Cover + Booklet | 5,45 Gb + 7,72 Gb
[1934] - Audio: Japanese intertitles + Music track + English Commentary track | Subtitles: English
[1959] - Audio: Japanese AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps + English Commentary track | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama | The Criterion Collection #232

In 1959, Yasujiro Ozu remade his 1934 silent classic A Story of Floating Weeds in color with the celebrated cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa (Rashomon, Ugetsu). Setting his later version in a seaside location, Ozu otherwise preserves the details of his elegantly simple plot wherein an aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunities with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all. Together, the films offer a unique glimpse into the evolution of one of cinema’s greatest directors. A Story of Floating Weeds reveals Ozu in the midst of developing his mode of expression; Floating Weeds reveals his distinct style at its pinnacle. In each, the director captures the joy and sadness in everyday life.

[Black & White] - A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) - IMDB
- Floating Weeds (1959) - IMDB

Yasujiro Ozu’s “Floating Weeds” (1959) has long been regarded by many as a masterpiece of world cinema, and now Criterion Collection has released this beautiful color film on DVD with an optional feature-length audio commentary by film critic Roger Ebert.

I hadn’t previously realized, however, that when Ozu made “Floating Weeds,” he was doing a remake of his own earlier silent film titled “A Story of Floating Weeds” (1934). The Criterion Collection DVD release is actually a two-disc set that has the 1934 version on Disc One and the 1959 remake on Disc Two. The silent version also has an optional feature-length audio commentary, this one by Japanese film expert Donald Richie.

A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) + Floating Weeds (1959) [The Criterion Collection #232] [Re-UP]

The story is the same in both movies: A company of traveling players comes to a backwater town, where the head of the troupe renews a long-dormant relationship with two locals, a former lover and her young adult son. The young man believes the actor to be his uncle, although they are biologically father and son. But the actor’s actions provoke the troupe’s leading lady since she and he have been lovers for the last few years. She pays a young actress to seduce the actor’s son, leading to a crisis that forces all five major characters to make important decisions.

A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) + Floating Weeds (1959) [The Criterion Collection #232] [Re-UP]

Ozu is famous for his shot compositions, but I was astonished at the many exquisite color shots in the DVD version of the 1959 “Floating Weeds,” which must have been well-preserved. The quality of the sound, which was left in the original monaural on the DVD, is generally good throughout. Two of the five major roles are played by actresses I recognized: Machiko Kyo, who portrayed the woman who was raped in “Rashomon,” and Haruko Sugimura, who played the hairdresser daughter in “Tokyo Story.”

A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) + Floating Weeds (1959) [The Criterion Collection #232] [Re-UP]

The DVD picture quality for “A Story of Floating Weeds” is relatively good for a 1934 film, and I suppose it’s to be expected that it’s less than pristine. The movie was a silent, and there has never been a standard musical accompaniment for it, but the DVD provides an optional piano score composed by Donald Sosin and recorded in 2004. Sosin’s music is somewhat in the style of Schumann, and I recommend turning it on while watching the film.

A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) + Floating Weeds (1959) [The Criterion Collection #232] [Re-UP]

“Floating Weeds” and “A Story of Floating Weeds” have the same narrative structure, but to my way of thinking, they play rather differently. The 1959 color talkie is more beautiful than the 1934 black-and-white silent, but the older film is arguably more emotionally powerful. The newer movie is 33 minutes longer and feels to me more leisurely and digressive, but with a stronger sense of setting. At the end of the silent film, I felt profound sorrow, while at the end of the later color movie, my feeling was closer to resignation. Donald Richie has suggested that the two films differ in tone because Ozu was 31 when he made the earlier and 56 when he made the later, and he mellowed as he grew older.

A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) + Floating Weeds (1959) [The Criterion Collection #232] [Re-UP]

Another difference between the two movies is of course the casts, although Ozu honors the tradition of having at least one major actor from an earlier film appear in its remake. Koji (Hideo) Mitsui plays the young adult son in the 1934 silent, then reappears in the 1959 remake as the member of the company of traveling players who, when the troupe gets stranded, steals from the others and vanishes.

A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) + Floating Weeds (1959) [The Criterion Collection #232] [Re-UP]

If someone told me he was willing to watch only one of the two films in this DVD set, I’d recommend the color talkie “Floating Weeds” because of its beauty. However, for me, the combination of these two great movies was much more meaningful than either one by itself. And the two audio commentary tracks greatly enhanced my experience as well. Donald Richie is a specialist who is familiar with the Japanese language and customs and brings a deep knowledge of Japanese cinema in general and Ozu in particular. Roger Ebert, on the other hand, is a polymath who has built up a wide-ranging knowledge of thousands of films of all kinds over the past few decades, and he is able to help us understand how “Floating Weeds” fits into the grand scheme of things.

If you’ve seen and liked any Ozu film, I think you’ll want to buy the two-disc DVD set containing “A Story of Floating Weeds” and “Floating Weeds.” If you’re not familiar with the great Japanese filmmaker’s work, this pair of films and the informative commentary tracks will make an excellent introduction.
Ivana Redwine, About.com
A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) + Floating Weeds (1959) [The Criterion Collection #232] [Re-UP]

Ozu made 54 films, starting with silents in 1927 and continuing until "Autumn Afternoon" the year before he died. He worked with the same actors and technicians again and again. In "Tokyo Ga," Wim Wenders' documentary, both his cameraman Kazuo Miyagawa and the veteran actor Chishu Ryu weep when they remember him. He was a small, quiet, chain-smoking man who never aimed for an international audience, and who was content to tell domestic stories with small variations. Less than a dozen of his films are available in the West on video (and only "Floating Weeds" is also on laserdisc). But films such as "Tokyo Story," "Late Spring," "Early Spring," "Early Autumn" and "Autumn Afternoon" are available, and to look at any Ozu film is to glimpse the whole.

A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) + Floating Weeds (1959) [The Criterion Collection #232] [Re-UP]

"I have formulated my own directing style in my head," he once said, "proceeding without any unnecessary imitation of others." By "others" he did not mean his contemporaries. He meant the entire cinematic language going back to D.W. Griffith. He fearlessly "crosses the line," moving his camera through 360 degrees so that props on one side of the screen seem to leap to the other side. He violates all the rules about matching eyeline shots.

He once had a young assistant who suggested that perhaps he should shoot conversations so that it seemed to the audience that the characters were looking at one another. Ozu agreed to a test. They shot a scene both ways, and compared them. "You see?" Ozu said. "No difference!"

A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) + Floating Weeds (1959) [The Criterion Collection #232] [Re-UP]

Ozu was most Japanese in taking similar materials and working them again and again in subtly different ways, always in his own style. Like the Japanese printmakers of earlier centuries, he disliked novelty, and preferred variations on a theme. When you see his films, you feel in the arms of a serenely confident and caring master. In his stories about people who live far away, you recognize, in one way or another, everyone you know.
Excerpt from Rober Ebert's article
A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) + Floating Weeds (1959) [The Criterion Collection #232] [Re-UP]

All Ozu's films are great and quietly reflect a wisdom about human nature that only enriches the viewer. He continually celebrates the traditional virtues of Japan in the most open and formal of ways, yet his filming method is poetically sublime and oblique. He purposely limits his world in order to transcend these limitations. As in all great works of art–the ultimate meaning is left to one's own interpretation and therefore his work is always fresh and urgent. Many believe his Tokyo Story is his best film, but in reality he has made so many masterpieces that it's unfair to single out only one. His films stand out for both their Japanese flavor and their universal appeal, and though they might seem old-fashioned they never get outdated. I always return to them as old friends and am refreshed and surprised again by how penetrating and revealing they are about people I could swear I meet everyday in modern America. If anyone deserves recognition as a Master filmmaker, it's Ozu.
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) + Floating Weeds (1959) [The Criterion Collection #232] [Re-UP]

Special Features:
Disc One: A Story of Floating Weeds
- New high-definition digital transfer with restored image and sound
- Audio commentary by Japanese film historian Donald Richie
- New score by noted silent-film composer Donald Sosin
- New and improved English subtitle translation by Donald Richie
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

Disc Two: Floating Weeds
- New high-definition digital transfer with restored image and sound
- Audio commentary by film critic Roger Ebert
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation by Donald Richie
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) + Floating Weeds (1959) [The Criterion Collection #232] [Re-UP]

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